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| author | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-25 13:08:16 +0200 |
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| committer | Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu> | 2008-07-25 13:08:16 +0200 |
| commit | 10a010f6953b5a14ba2f0be40a4fce1bea220875 (patch) | |
| tree | 19aadf718c796bc7fae0a1a1c970d84d67c541d4 /Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | |
| parent | 510b37258dfd61693ca6c039865c78bd996e3718 (diff) | |
| parent | fb2e405fc1fc8b20d9c78eaa1c7fd5a297efde43 (diff) | |
Merge branch 'linus' into x86/x2apic
Conflicts:
drivers/pci/dmar.c
Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt | 5 |
1 files changed, 2 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt index 80ef562160b..6049a2a84dd 100644 --- a/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt +++ b/Documentation/sysfs-rules.txt @@ -3,9 +3,8 @@ Rules on how to access information in the Linux kernel sysfs The kernel-exported sysfs exports internal kernel implementation details and depends on internal kernel structures and layout. It is agreed upon by the kernel developers that the Linux kernel does not provide a stable -internal API. As sysfs is a direct export of kernel internal -structures, the sysfs interface cannot provide a stable interface either; -it may always change along with internal kernel changes. +internal API. Therefore, there are aspects of the sysfs interface that +may not be stable across kernel releases. To minimize the risk of breaking users of sysfs, which are in most cases low-level userspace applications, with a new kernel release, the users |